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Container of the Month: New Life for Old Plants
I'm not big on resolutions, but I do spend time thinking about how I envision the months ahead and I like making a fresh start in January. I go on a mad cleaning spree, purging anything that doesn't...
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Shopper's Diary: Marble & Milkweed's New York City Studio
The bathtub that launched a homegrown apothecary business? It's not as far-fetched as it sounds. For Briar Winters, the woman behind the lower Manhattan-based online apothecary shop Marble &...
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DIY: Rose, Cardamom, and Ginger Body Soak
We couldn't share the story of Briar Winter's bathtub-inspired business without offering a DIY recipe for making a healing tub soak of your own. Briar generously shared the step-by-step for creating...
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Giveaway Winner: Garrett Wade Saws and Supplies
We have a winner. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who entered our latest Gardenista Giveaway of a $200 collection of last-a-lifetime saws from Garrett Wade (and accessories to care for them)....
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10 Paint Picks: Jade and Celadon Green
The Chinese New Year (which starts January 31) has us thinking about green, a color representing health and renewal in China. We looked to jade green, a shade inspired by the stone with a...
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Gardening 101: How to Root Herbs in Water
Rooting herbs in water is so easy to do that the first time it happened to me was a surprise. A friend brought me a housewarming gift—a bouquet of herbs—that I set aside and promptly forgot in my haste...
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Recipe: Fruit Roll-Ups for Happy Kids (and Moms)
"Mo-o-o-o-m, Grace gets fruit roll ups in her lunch box every day," my daughter Solvi lamented last week. "Why can't I?"Â "Because they are full of sugar and bad for your teeth," I dodged. "Plus...
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Shopper's Diary: Homestead Apothecary in SF's East Bay
Homestead Apothecary in Oakland, California is a small shop offering raw ingredients for herbal health alongside ready-made tinctures and salves. Founder Nicholas Weinstein believes that "the...
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Required Reading: Elizabeth David on Vegetables
Those who prefer to go to bed with a cookbook rather than cook from one may have Elizabeth David to blame. The 20th century British cookbook writer's storytelling skills are unrivaled even today, in a...
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The Week in Review: To Good Health
It doesn't take the team at Gardenista much convincing that there's a link between good health and gardening. But in case you still need to be won over, we've had a week's worth of posts proving that...
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Herb Fever: A French Alchemist at Market
Our friend Mimi Giboin just got back from a trip to France (she was visiting her parents, who live in the town of Royan on the southwest coast). Lucky for us; she pulled out her camera and took some...
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Architect Visit: Barn-Like Living (Only Better)
Do you dream, like I do, of living in a barn? The big caveat, of course, is that you need to have a barn to convert. Typically that involves either owning property that happens to have a few spare...
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Architect Visit: A Garden Workshop in Cambridge
After coming into possession of his grandfather's workbench and tools, London-based architect Ben Davidson of Rodić Davidson Architects designed a perfectly proportioned shed for them in his garden. We...
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DIY: How to Force Muscari Bulbs
You can keep your paperwhites. Yes, I know they're foolproof to force. But to me, grape hyacinths mean spring. So this year I decided to pass on the no-brainer bulbs to instead see just how hard it...
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Shopper's Diary: Flowerland in SF's East Bay
Some people, on Sunday afternoons, might visit a park, or a café, to read a book or spend time with a friend. But just north of Berkeley, in Albany, CA, people come to Flowerland. It isn’t just a...
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10 Easy Pieces: Bulb Vases
I've decided that my bulb-forcing containment strategy needs to gain in its sophistication from my childhood bulb-forcing days. Toothpick-supported bulbs in a paper cup just don't do the trick on my...
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Norwegian Wood: Garden Sheds, Retractable Roof and Walls Included
On Norway's coast, a 12-mile stretch of the Hustadvika shoreline faces the shallow waters of a fjord—dangerous for ships but home to many small, picturesque islands and reefs. From the land, the views...
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The Best $50 Valentine's Roses You Can Order Online
The Bouqs Company, a new online floral delivery company based in Venice Beach, California may be the way of the future. We can only hope, as it's pretty slim pickings when it comes to finding quality...
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Steal This Look: English Writing Shed
Virginia Woolf did much of her writing in a converted shed, situated in her garden at Monk's House in Rodmell, Sussex. If you want to see more of her garden, see Required Reading: Virginia Woolf's...
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For Valentine's Day: Frances Palmer Bud Vases
I'm an unabashed Valentine's Day enthusiast. I have my parents to thank: my dad for bringing me and my sisters sprays of pink carnations picked up from Grand Central Terminal bodegas on his evening...
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